Today’s obsession – headphones

Sharon Ashwood
January 13, 2016  •  No Comments

GramophoneThis has nothing to do with anything to do with writing or books, but it’s my blog and I can blither if I want to.

So I grew up with audio geeks and my mother, who is a musician, still claims that vinyl sounds better than anything else. Playing a record is a ceremony requiring the exact positioning of furniture, cleaning of the needle with special elixirs and sitting with uninterrupted focus to listen. I’m not quite that picky, but I finally coughed up money for a decent set of Sennheiser headphones and realized just how good digital CAN be if the proper equipment is available. My iTunes playlist suddenly has new life and–wait a moment–instruments I hadn’t even noticed! Lyrics I can understand! A sense of space and distance between sounds! Seriously, the average earbuds just don’t do justice to good music.

I’m not sure why it’s taken me this long to get some good headphones, but I think it has something to do with a beloved white pussycat of yore who used to chew through the wires of anything he could find.  I loved him dearly, but one month he went through 3 sets of headphones. The sight of him with spaghetti wire dangling from his mouth discouraged any serious investment  . . . I’d have him back in a heartbeat though.

 


Halloween ghost pumpkin

Sharon Ashwood
October 31, 2015  •  No Comments

When I saw this pumpkin I thought it must be a gourdly ghost – is there anything more appropriate for Halloween? I gave it center stage in this shot!2015-10-17 13.50.27


Pumpkin of the day – Friday

Sharon Ashwood
October 30, 2015  •  No Comments

I saw this bunch in a pumpkin field. This is all pumpkins, all the time. Jack-o-lanterns, ho!

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Pumpkin of the day – Thursday

Sharon Ashwood
October 29, 2015  •  No Comments

Some of these pumpkins are getting their Halloween on. Check out the extra-warty fellow in the middle. To be honest, those ones kind of creep me out.2015-10-17 13.49.49


Pumpkin of the day – Wednesday

Sharon Ashwood
October 28, 2015  •  No Comments

Gorgeous gourds from a local market. I had to lean into the bin to get this shot. This definitely gets me in the autumn mood.

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A week of pumpkins – Tuesday

Sharon Ashwood
October 27, 2015  •  No Comments

Here’s some more pumpkin love for the Halloween countdown! I thought this shot looked like a family portrait with the crazy kids in the middle. 2015-10-17 13.48.58


Pumpkin of the day – Monday

Sharon Ashwood
October 26, 2015  •  No Comments

As a countdown to Halloween, I thought a week of pumpkins would be fitting!  So I got out my camera and went stalking gourds. We’ll start gently with a composition imbued with a general harvest theme . . .2015-10-17 13.50.11


Goodreads giveaway!

Sharon Ashwood
June 22, 2015  •  No Comments

Goodreads Book Giveaway

Possessed by the Fallen by Sharon Ashwood

Possessed by the Fallen

by Sharon Ashwood

Giveaway ends June 27, 2015.

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at Goodreads.

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We have a winner!

Sharon Ashwood
May 4, 2015  •  1 Comment

Congratulations to Shari C. who was the winning commenter on Carmen Fox’s post!


A new series trailer!

Sharon Ashwood
May 2, 2015  •  1 Comment

Check out this fabulous new trailer for the Horsemen series: